Thanks, Mike I’ve added the images (scaled down a little) to the GALLERY page on http://birding-aus.org Regards Russell Woodford List Owner ________________________________________ From: Mike Carter [pterodroma@bigpond.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:06 PM To: BIRDING-AUS Cc: Woodford, Russell; Hank.bower@lhib.nsw.gov.au; Ian Hutton Subject: Red-billed Tropicbird on Lord Howe Island – an update Hank Bower, senior author … Read more
Hank Bower, senior author of the submission to BARC, tells me that the bird is still there and showing daily. I saw it on 19 November. A photo of mine of the bird on the ‘nest’ is on Eremaea and hopefully on Birding-Aus (Russell?). The ‘nest’ is atop a 180 m precipice and I accessed … Read more
Weird? why? I am not familiar with guiding costs world wide or even in Australia, but most of the feedback I am now receiving suggests that $450 for a few hours to see one species is way and above regular guiding costs in Australia. The direct comparison with the Gurney’s Pitta, I thought, was a … Read more
Took myself along to the last day of the first cricket test at the Gabba yesterday.Hopeful of seeing some wicket-falling action, but wasn’t to be . In fact, I saw more birds than wickets which normally I’d be happy with, but not yesterday. The most common airborne objects were gashawks, regularly heading for a spot … Read more
Mick I say go for it, set the bar for others to try and beat. Greg